Program Description

Nature, Causes, Impacts, and Consequences of the widespread global SEC ESG noncompliance problem, and current corporate deficiencies and reasons for noncompliance.

SEC Rules on Internal Control Systems, and why these Rules are so important in complying with SEC requirements.

Liabilities Triggered by SEC Internal Control System Noncompliance, for the C-Suite, the Board, and the External Auditor.

Compliance Issues and Strategies (Part 1), including approaches to overcoming the challenges of preventive and detective controls for ESG information, and the role of the internal audit and finance groups.

SPEAKERS:

Linda M. Lowson, Esq., Founder, CEO, and Chief Counsel, Global ESG Regulatory Academy™ and CSR Insight™; leading internationally recognized expert on global ESG and financial regulation; more than 25 years experience as a legal, financial, strategic, and senior business management adviser; SASB Financial Industry Working Group Member; Governance & Accountability Institute Fellow; former Shearman and Sterling Attorney;former Arthur Andersen Partner and North American Financial Services Executive Leadership Team Member and Global Thought Leadership Team Member.

Mike Krzus, CPA, Mike Krzus Consulting, and Co-Author (with Prof. Robert G. Eccles, Harvard Business School) of “One Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy"; former Executive Director of the AICPA Special Committee on Enhanced Business Reporting and Chairman of the AICPA XBRL Assurance Task Force.

"All capital market participants and stakeholders now need to be knowledgeable about ESG financial regulatory reporting requirements, and why this widespread global SEC ESG noncompliance exists and how it can be fixed, because this systemic regulatory noncompliance on ESG issues is producing increasingly significant financial, economic, investment, and tail risks for all concerned,”states Linda Lowson, Esq., CEO and Founder of CSR Insight™ and the Global ESG Regulatory Academy™.PLEASE JOIN US for this unique, exciting, must-have education!

About the Global ESG Regulatory Academy™

The Global ESG Regulatory Academy™ provides the first-ever independent professional education on global ESG regulation and ESG regulatory and voluntary reporting, and related ESG capital market issues, specifically designed for corporate management, board members, risk managers, legal and compliance professionals, analysts, researchers, asset owners, and asset managers. The education is available through online Webinars, master classes, and customized, on-site educational seminars and workshops. This important and sophisticated independent professional education covers securities, accounting, stock exchange, and environmental regulation and reporting worldwide, and all the main voluntary reporting frameworks. The parent company, CSR Insight™ LLC, founded in 2007, is the only independent consultancy providing specialized ESG regulatory and reporting advisory services with a top-tier legal expertise track record. The company completed a rigorous 5-year, US$5.5 million Global ESG Regulatory and Reporting Research Program to develop the comprehensive Knowledge Base content foundation for this unique professional education and regulatory advisory, and is now recognized as the leading expert in this fast-evolving area.

Management:

• Linda Lowson, J.D., LL.M., CEO, is an internationally recognized expert in global ESG regulation and reporting, global financial regulation, and ESG capital market issues. Previously, she served as a Shearman and Sterling Attorney and Arthur Andersen Partner, and launched and led Andersen’s U.S. Financial Services Strategy Practice and served as a member of its North American Financial Services Executive Leadership Team and Global Financial Services Thought Leadership Team.

• Alison Dempsey, J.D., LL.M., Ph.D., Director of Research, is a highly accomplished and acclaimed international attorney and corporate governance expert, and the author of a new ground-breaking book, “Evolutions in Corporate Governance--Towards an Ethical Framework for Business Conduct” (November 2013), published by Greenleaf Publishing. (Hardback ISBN: 978-1-906093-86-0, PDF Ebook ISBN: 978-1-78353-057-1).

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